The Galiano Club and Community Food Program - Traditionshttp://thegalianoclub.org/category/project/traditions
enGarden Competitions at the Community Picnichttp://thegalianoclub.org/update/garden-competitions-community-picnic
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Do your veggies, flowers, fruit have what it takes to be chosen "best" on Galiano?<br />
Come find out in the annual gardening contests.</p>
<p>1. Best basket of fruit<br />
2. Best basket of vegetables<br />
3. Biggest Pumpkin<br />
4. Tallest Sunflower<br />
5. Best bunch of flowers (wild or grown)</p>
</div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-7 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Project:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/category/project/food-program">Food Program</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/project/traditions">Traditions</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/category/project/community-building-events">Community-Building Events</a></li></ul></section><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><figure class="clearfix field-item even"><img class="image-style-none" src="http://thegalianoclub.org/sites/default/files/%5Bdate-in-tz%5D/IMG_7763.jpg" width="153" height="186" alt="" /></figure></div></div>Mon, 05 Sep 2016 18:15:47 +0000Alison Colwell357154 at http://thegalianoclub.orghttp://thegalianoclub.org/update/garden-competitions-community-picnic#commentsZucchini Races at the 7th Annual Community Picnichttp://thegalianoclub.org/update/zucchini-races-7th-annual-community-picnic
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>“No zucchini, no matter how outrageous, will be refused!” say the judges!</p>
<p>Two categories: kids and adults.<br />
Each category is divided into two vehicle types: Integral (i.e. the vehicle would collapse if the zucchini was removed) and modified.<br />
There is also an award for the most creative vehicle design.<br />
Vehicles can be no more than 13” wide, and to win a prize, all the power must be supplied by the incline ramp.</p>
</div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-7 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Project:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/category/project/food-program">Food Program</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/project/traditions">Traditions</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/category/project/community-building-events">Community-Building Events</a></li></ul></section><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><figure class="clearfix field-item even"><img class="image-style-none" src="http://thegalianoclub.org/sites/default/files/%5Bdate-in-tz%5D/DSCN0137.jpg" width="4000" height="3000" alt="" /></figure></div></div>Mon, 05 Sep 2016 18:13:42 +0000Alison Colwell357153 at http://thegalianoclub.orghttp://thegalianoclub.org/update/zucchini-races-7th-annual-community-picnic#commentsWinter Craft Fairhttp://thegalianoclub.org/update/winter-craft-fair
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Hall will be full of crafts, jams, jellies, and good food on December 7 for the Winter Christmas Fair. There will be tea and soup for sale in the kitchen. Many of our island craftspeople&nbsp;and artists have booked a spot so that you can get your holiday shopping done locally. We hope to see you there!</p>
</div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-7 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Project:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/category/project/traditions">Traditions</a></li></ul></section><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><figure class="clearfix field-item even"><img class="image-style-none" src="http://thegalianoclub.org/sites/default/files/IMG_0742.JPG" width="3264" height="2448" alt="" /></figure></div></div>Mon, 11 Nov 2013 00:50:06 +0000Board Member2432 at http://thegalianoclub.orghttp://thegalianoclub.org/update/winter-craft-fair#comments2013 Blackberry Fest and Saturday Market - October 12th - 11:00 to 3:00http://thegalianoclub.org/update/2013-blackberry-fest-and-saturday-market-october-12th-1100-300
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Blackberry Festival - October 12th from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Saturday Market will be in the Hall lower parking lot starting at 11:00 a.m.</p>
<p>Don&#39;t miss the fun, the fantastic food and friendly atmosphere. There will be approximately 250 pies available - some frozen whole, some baked whole and some by the slice - blackberry (not too many), apple blackberry, apple and pumpkin. There also will be 12 to 14 pots of locally homemade soups. Come early to avoid disappointment! See you there.</p>
</div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-7 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Project:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/category/project/hall">The Hall</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/project/traditions">Traditions</a></li></ul></section>Tue, 08 Oct 2013 18:14:36 +0000Alison Colwell1918 at http://thegalianoclub.orghttp://thegalianoclub.org/update/2013-blackberry-fest-and-saturday-market-october-12th-1100-300#comments2013 Blackberry Fest and Saturday Market - October 12th - 11:00 to 3:00http://thegalianoclub.org/2013-blackberry-fest-and-saturday-market-october-12th-1100-300
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Blackberry Festival - October 12th from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Saturday Market will be in the Hall lower parking lot starting at 11:00 a.m.</p>
<p>Don&#39;t miss the fun, the fantastic food and friendly atmosphere. There will be approximately 250 pies available - some frozen whole, some baked whole and some by the slice - blackberry (not too many), apple blackberry, apple and pumpkin. There also will be 12 to 14 pots of locally homemade soups. Come early to avoid disappointment! See you there.</p>
</div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-7 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Project:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/category/project/hall">The Hall</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/project/food-program">Food Program</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/category/project/traditions">Traditions</a></li></ul></section>Tue, 08 Oct 2013 16:03:26 +0000Board Member1916 at http://thegalianoclub.orghttp://thegalianoclub.org/2013-blackberry-fest-and-saturday-market-october-12th-1100-300#commentsChristmas Market - South Hallhttp://thegalianoclub.org/update/christmas-market-south-hall
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Come join in the festivities at the Annual Christmas market, December 8th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. A light lunch also will be served.</p>
</div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-7 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Project:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/category/project/traditions">Traditions</a></li></ul></section>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 07:58:16 +0000Karen Stankunas315 at http://thegalianoclub.orghttp://thegalianoclub.org/update/christmas-market-south-hall#commentsDaystar Market — Adventures in the West Coast Whole Foods Movement - Conversations with Lony Rockafella - by Akasha Foresthttp://thegalianoclub.org/update/daystar-market-%E2%80%94-adventures-west-coast-whole-foods-movement-conversations-lony-rockafella
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In the summer of 1975, an experiment in alternative community living came to an end when Rawluk&rsquo;s farm on Burrill Road was sold. Left behind were beautiful organic gardens, a woodworking shop, a main house and the small cabin-homes that had been restored by a group of young people with dreams of living simply and well, away from cities and rush hour. One of those young people now found himself reading tarot cards in a small mystical arts boutique on 4<sup>th</sup> avenue in Vancouver that summer. He also watched carefully as &ldquo;The Community Produce&rdquo; truck from Seattle unloaded cases of organic fruit and vegetables on its weekly run to the Naam Restaurant across the street. Lony was putting together a plan that would eventually bring him back to Galiano.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I wanted to be able to eat organic food on a regular basis, and I thought we could&nbsp; grow most of the food that was being brought in from the States, connect with&nbsp; organic farmers here and do the distribution as Canadians &hellip; the seed for this was a &lsquo;micro food system&rsquo; that we had created at Primal Point&rdquo;.</p>
<p>On Galiano, from about 1969 to 1975, many newcomers &mdash; travellers, war resisters, seekers and back-to-the-landers &mdash; lived in small communal arrangements the length of the island. Instrument-makers gathered at SeedPod&rsquo;s geodesic domes and teepees on Georgeson Bay Road; Stanley Jackson invited poets, musicians and artists to live at Sutil Lodge&rsquo;s cabins in Montague Harbour; a young family farming 10 acres on Morgan Road offered free space for others to join them; fishers and their families arrived in Coon Bay each summer for many months&rsquo; stay in their rustic &lsquo;camp-shacks&rsquo;; someone bought Cook&rsquo;s farm 160 acres &lsquo;on a vision&rsquo;.</p>
<p>&ldquo;And then there was Primal Point, where the focus was food, mostly &mdash; grown by us or supplied by off-island organic farms and suppliers and brought to the island by our Good Life food co-op. It was a very social arrangement. Once a month, friends and neighbours gathered in the living room of the main house to collect their food orders &hellip; and to discuss events in &lsquo;the movement&rsquo;, maybe play some music, and exchange island news&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Food, shelter and community were being redefined, especially ideas about community. We were befriended by Bertie Head, &lsquo;queen of the island&rsquo; and a mentor to all the First Nations families on the island. We would go hang out there and talk with her about the history of her people on the islands.&rdquo;</p>
<p>This connection with First Nations would become part of the Daystar story. But before the Market could return home, there&rsquo;s a journey to complete and tales to recount about building an organic food distribution system on the west coast, mounting expeditions on the Salish Sea in the Mobile Market truck, and finally, parking the truck for good at Daystar.</p>
<p>To be continued &hellip; birth of Wild West Organic Harvest in Vancouver, island-hopping and camping out with a 5-ton food truck!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
</div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-7 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Project:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/category/project/food-program">Food Program</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/project/traditions">Traditions</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/category/project/community-building-events">Community-Building Events</a></li></ul></section>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 02:38:17 +0000Alison Colwell294 at http://thegalianoclub.orghttp://thegalianoclub.org/update/daystar-market-%E2%80%94-adventures-west-coast-whole-foods-movement-conversations-lony-rockafella#commentsBlackberry Festival - 2012http://thegalianoclub.org/update/blackberry-festival-2012
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Watch this space for more information about the 2012 Blackberry Festival on October 6th from 11am-3pm.</p>
</div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-7 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Project:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/category/project/traditions">Traditions</a></li></ul></section>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:46:59 +0000Board Member281 at http://thegalianoclub.orghttp://thegalianoclub.org/update/blackberry-festival-2012#commentsBlackberry Festival - 2011http://thegalianoclub.org/update/blackberry-festival-2011
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>On October 8th the Galiano Club’s Blackberry Festival was held. For decades now, the Club has been holding a Blackberry Tea/Festival on the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend. No one seems to know exactly when it began, only that it is an island tradition. The Blackberry Tea is the main fundraiser of the Galiano Club. If anyone does remember when it began please contact us at 2175. We would love to be able to document the beginnings.</p>
<p>This year the blackberry abundance was amazing and many people picked and froze berries for the Festival pies. The irrepressible Kathy Benger, at 90, picked over 24 litres. Pie production began on Wednesday, October 5th with a pastry workshop led by Alison Colwell, one of two part-time Community Food Program Coordinators. Over 200 “bottoms” were made in 2 hours. This was followed by 150 “tops” on Thursday. Friday was a soup making and baking day, along with the set up and decorating of the old Hall. Over 150 blackberry, blackberry-apple and pumpkin pies were baked and this year for the first time unbaked frozen pies also were available for sale. Our Junior Club members were showing up the old pros when it came to crimping the pastry.</p>
<p>Saturday began as a misty, cool fall day. In the early morning, people were in the Hall heating soups, slicing pies and organising the dishwashing. From the moment the doors opened at 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. there was a non-stop whirlwind of activity. A team of volunteers served 200 bowls of 10 types of homemade soups, buns from the Sturdies Bay Bakery, over 200 pieces of pie with ice cream, endless cups of regular tea, fresh mint tea and Galiano Coffee Roasting Company coffee. The soups ran out at 2:00, the pies were all sold by 3:00. Inside and outside the Hall were tables of produce, bread, canned goods, native plants from the Galiano Conservancy Native Plants Nursery and spun wool items for sale. This was the final day of the Galiano Saturday Farmers’ Market.</p>
<p>Not including the berry pickers, there were over 40 individual volunteers involved (the list will be published next month), many of whom were involved in more than one day of the activities including hours of dishwashing and clean up. Also among the volunteers was an enthusiastic contingent from the Galiano Club Junior Membership (from ages 5 to 18).</p>
<p>It’s always a wonderfully chaotic community event. Thank you to the Galiano community for supporting the Blackberry Festival and remember to mark Saturday, October 6th, 2012 in your calendars!</p>
</div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-7 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-rss"><h2 class="field-label">Project:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/category/project/traditions">Traditions</a></li></ul></section><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><figure class="clearfix field-item even"><img class="image-style-none" src="http://thegalianoclub.org/sites/default/files/blackberry_festival_2011.jpg" width="300" height="225" alt="" /></figure></div></div>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:00:00 +0000admin248 at http://thegalianoclub.orghttp://thegalianoclub.org/update/blackberry-festival-2011#comments